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. 2017 Dec 6;2017:2038095. doi: 10.1155/2017/2038095

Table 5.

Average treatment amount and benefit per patient by year.

Category 2011 2012 2013 2014
RPE∗ INSUP† SLF‡ RPE∗ INSUP† SLF‡ RPE∗ INSUP† SLF‡ RPE∗ INSUP† SLF‡
Total 185,933 140,190 45,052 192,290 144,552 47,009 202,967 152,456 49,617 208,739 156,519 51,398
Gender                        
 Male 130,549 95,580 33,405 135,980 99,443 34,934 145,561 106,375 37,180 153,724 112,670 39,211
 Female 225,139 171,769 53,297 232,227 176,546 55,573 243,557 185,039 58,411 248,061 187,859 60,108
Age (yr)                        
 ≦29 72,576 50,798 21,766 75,827 53,013 22,798 80,484 56,216 24,252 86,426 60,587 25,825
 30–39 84,267 58,835 25,372 89,666 62,667 26,939 92,840 64,659 27,997 98,049 68,492 29,482
 40–49 121,156 86,493 34,503 127,488 91,277 36,107 134,378 96,345 37,875 141,772 101,542 40,027
 50–59 193,314 139,945 52,833 196,220 141,450 54,582 207,876 150,072 57,232 216,450 157,025 59,170
 60–69 309,243 236,773 70,029 311,086 237,807 70,698 321,981 245,078 73,736 322,749 244,490 75,304
 70–79 377,448 305,038 71,346 382,637 306,720 74,275 391,056 313,167 76,574 388,445 309,676 77,258
Medical insurance type                        
 NHI 180,246 132,778 46,862 187,175 137,685 48,839 198,249 146,009 51,511 204,759 150,730 53,296
 Medicaid 298,500 288,278 9,262 300,467 291,371 8,384 307,033 295,660 8,220 298,439 289,135 8,745
 Others 302,890 0 0 281,712 720 0 193,558 0 0 285,501 0 0
Lesion of joint                        
 M17 318,775 247,050 70,286 321,522 247,790 72,013 334,876 258,239 74,930 335,457 257,336 76,387
 M17& 214,173 161,693 51,469 228,679 172,504 55,286 246,375 185,404 59,464 250,494 188,780 60,578
 M75 273,798 204,867 68,361 287,629 215,195 71,603 299,415 223,468 75,254 322,791 240,597 81,185
 S63 59,589 41,837 17,681 60,432 42,435 17,970 62,989 44,297 18,650 67,402 47,452 19,899
 S63& 145,409 103,545 41,771 154,690 110,097 44,542 162,736 116,024 46,700 173,306 123,653 49,639
 S93 80,779 56,892 23,850 83,765 58,891 24,844 88,453 62,166 26,253 94,310 66,510 27,765
Severity (CCI)                        
 0 203,081 153,881 48,398 209,020 157,743 50,440 221,676 167,186 53,420 157,944 115,659 42,148
 1 199,087 150,625 47,563 211,708 159,868 50,817 223,060 168,461 53,604 273,424 207,024 65,595
 2 212,462 161,156 50,725 204,987 155,273 49,011 230,624 174,488 55,662 371,890 287,348 82,390
 3+ 204,016 154,551 48,973 247,400 188,624 57,910 244,925 186,833 57,180 470,263 368,719 93,844
Hospital admission                        
 No 120,367 88,290 31,661 121,813 89,057 32,334 126,287 92,267 33,586 131,932 96,429 35,035
 Yes 3,192,333 2,519,960 659,078 2,972,861 2,334,061 625,995 2,932,509 2,294,974 620,271 2,689,568 2,097,376 579,924
Inpatient visit                        
 1≦ 172,322 129,370 42,262 178,367 133,526 44,130 187,228 140,111 46,235 192,414 143,780 47,833
Outpatient visit                        
 1 61,372 44,201 16,944 58,572 42,469 15,878 61,113 44,077 16,623 65,319 47,296 17,866
 2-3 167,073 123,186 43,449 156,721 114,800 41,323 165,529 121,119 43,911 172,643 125,955 46,092
 4≦ 511,061 393,692 115,248 536,884 410,668 124,195 562,200 430,102 129,674 572,730 437,335 132,812
Type of medicine                        
 Traditional 82,019 61,845 20,154 86,266 65,161 21,076 90,827 68,827 21,979 96,325 73,323 22,966
 Both 368,924 280,760 87,644 382,499 290,307 91,415 410,128 310,688 97,825 421,279 318,877 101,784
 Western 181,225 135,985 44,240 186,151 139,155 46,017 194,305 145,102 48,164 198,661 147,900 49,621
Hospital type                        
 Tertiary and General Hospital 489,902 358,403 120,547 499,923 365,372 124,248 521,851 379,551 129,039 513,518 373,917 129,108
 Hospital 400,853 302,498 97,522 400,137 301,007 97,878 403,412 303,041 99,363 401,838 299,704 101,105
 Western Clinic 439,283 346,145 92,816 490,846 388,042 102,269 549,396 431,928 117,009 601,268 473,599 125,127
 Long-term care hospital 151,730 115,386 36,252 152,247 115,222 36,955 161,165 121,970 39,115 164,468 124,275 40,104
 Traditional Hospital 170,319 116,816 53,366 190,266 132,261 57,678 206,204 143,719 62,073 254,941 178,466 76,299
 Traditional Clinic 123,954 93,265 30,612 126,000 94,782 31,157 133,370 100,470 32,823 138,372 104,463 33,798
Region                        
 Seoul (Urban) 193,889 144,031 48,933 204,091 151,668 51,127 207,939 153,673 52,466 217,649 161,097 55,268
 Metropolitan city 206,956 156,123 49,511 205,397 154,325 49,914 222,903 167,268 54,395 224,130 168,026 54,704
 Other (Rural) 173,384 131,459 41,609 181,856 137,378 44,157 191,688 144,969 46,317 198,235 149,414 48,438
Ownership                        
 Private 356,865 272,144 78,988 502,172 389,016 108,319 458,967 355,555 96,233 446,919 343,020 100,664
 Corporation 399,808 296,961 96,104 395,387 293,375 95,243 414,433 306,100 100,105 428,235 315,244 105,371
 Public 166,882 126,175 40,558 171,357 129,080 42,132 181,359 136,620 44,574 185,744 139,770 45,822

∗The sum of INSUP and SLF paid to the medical care institution. The total costs of items determined to be eligible for reimbursement by the HIRA (Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service) out of the total treatment amount were indicated in the submitted insurance claim statement. †INSUP: the cost reimbursed by the Korean National Health Insurance Service as the insurer. ‡SLF: the self-payment amount paid by the beneficiary. &A case involving one or more of the other three joint disorders which were included in this study.